Beard, William Holbrook

American artist Willian Holbrook Beard was known more for his inventiveness than his artistic prowess. Although he began his career as a portrait painter his usually satirical paintings of animals were very popular at the time, and are still amongst the most widely reproduced animal fine art, although might not be regarded as genuine wildlife art because the animals depicted are depicted as more humanistic than animal.

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